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Researchers hope to improve medical treatment for diabetes and obesity

Through new knowledge of how the so-called GIP receptor works inside human cells, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have come a step closer to improving the existing treatment for obesity and diabetes.

Eske Willerslev awarded the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize 2021

Professor Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen receives the prize for many years’ ground-breaking research into prehistoric plants, animals, microorganisms and humans and their evolution and historical interaction

Sudden cardiac episodes could be caused by deadly combination

It has been a mystery why some people live a perfectly normal life until experiencing a potentially deadly cardiac episode. Now, researchers from University of Copenhagen present a possible explanation.

Painful fractures: Large eggs push small hens to the breaking point

The majority of laying hens in Denmark suffer from keel bone fractures, a new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen reveals.

Sand is one of our most used resources, but the industry is not sustainable

We do not have endless amounts of sand, and a new review study conducted at the University of Copenhagen reveals that the sand industry is in direct conflict with more than half of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Exercise improves health through changes on DNA

Six weeks of physical exercise led to changes in the epigenetic information of skeletal muscle cells in young men. These changes took place in areas of the genome that have been linked to disease. Scientists at the University of Copenhagen say their research shows, for the first time, how exercise remodels DNA in skeletal muscle, so that new signals are established to keep the body healthy.

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